2008 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament

January 2021 2nd edition of the CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament 2008 PREOLÍMPICO FEMENINO CONCACAF BEIJING 2008 Mexico 2–12 April 6 1 1 USA 2 CAN MEX CRC 10 37 USA Natasha KaiMEX Juana LopezCAN Melissa Tancredi(4 goals each) 2004 2012 1 The 2008 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament was the 2nd edition of the CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament, the quadrennial international football tournament organised by CONCACAF to determine which two women's national teams from the North, Central American and Caribbean region qualify for the Olympic football tournament.2008 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualification set for Mexico http://www.concacaf.com/article/2008-concacaf-womens-olympic-qualification-set-for-mexico-2 2 December 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20161220030616/http://www.concacaf.com/article/2008-concacaf-womens-olympic-qualification-set-for-mexico-2 20 December 2016 dead A total of six teams played in the tournament. The top two teams of the tournament – United States and Canada – qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics women's football tournament in Beijing, China as the CONCACAF representatives.Women's Olympic Qualifying 2008 Recap http://www.concacaf.com/article/womens-olympic-qualifying-2008-recap 2 December 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160713230217/http://www.concacaf.com/article/womens-olympic-qualifying-2008-recap 13 July 2016 dead Qualification 2008 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament qualification The six berths were allocated to the three regional zones as follows: Three teams from the North American Zone (NAFU), i.e., Canada, the hosts Mexico, and the United States, who all qualified automatically One team from the Central American Zone (UNCAF) Two teams from the Caribbean Zone (CFU) Regional qualification tournaments were held to determine the three teams joining Canada, Mexico, and the United States at the final tournament. Qualified teams The following six teams qualified for the final tournament. TeamQualificationAppearancePrevious best performancesPrevious women's Olympic appearancesNorth American Zone (NAFU) CAN Automatic 2nd Third Place (2004) 0 MEX Automatic 2nd Runner-up (2004) 1 USA Automatic 2nd Winner (2004) 3Central American Zone (UNCAF) CRC Group winner 2nd Fourth Place (2004) 0Caribbean Zone (CFU) TRI Final round winner 2nd Group stage (2004) 0 JAM Final round 3rd place 1st N/A 0 Venue The sole venue was the Estadio Olímpico Benito Juárez, Ciudad Juárez, Mexico. Ciudad JuárezMexico center 400 Location of the host city of the 2008 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament. Mexico 31.745 -106.485 Ciudad Juárez rightEstadio Olímpico Benito JuárezCapacity: 19,703225x225px Draw The six teams were drawn into two groups of three teams. Defending CONCACAF Olympic Qualifying Championship champion and 2004 Olympic gold medalist United States were seeded in Group A. Squads 2008 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament squads Group stage The top two teams of each group advance to the semi-finals. All times are local, CST (UTC−6). Group A main WDL Group A CONCACAF USA MEX JAM complete 2 0 0 9 1 1 0 1 8 4 H 0 0 2 1 14 USA MEX JAM Q KO KO green1 Advance to knockout stage 2008 4 2 y MEX JAM 8–1 López 18 28 36 53Worbis 23Morales 25 66Ocampo 80 Davis 58 Estadio Olímpico Benito Juárez, Ciudad Juárez 20185 Jennifer Bennett (United States) Report 2008 4 4 y JAM USA 0–6 Lloyd 16Cheney 21Wambach 53 pen. 68O'Reilly 88Heath 90+5 Estadio Olímpico Benito Juárez, Ciudad Juárez 5,853 Diane Ferreira-James (Guyana) Report 2008 4 6 y 19:30 USA MEX 3–0 Kai 14 45Wambach 33 Estadio Olímpico Benito Juárez, Ciudad Juárez 22,280 Erika Vargas (Costa Rica) Report Group B main WDL Group B CONCACAF CAN CRC TRI complete 2 0 0 7 0 0 1 1 2 3 0 1 1 2 8 CAN CRC TRI Q KO KO green1 Advance to knockout stage 2008 4 2 y TRI CAN 0–6 Tancredi 10Filigno 21Lang 39Hermus 61Robinson 68Sinclair 86 Estadio Olímpico Benito Juárez, Ciudad Juárez 7,000 Monique Ras (Aruba) http://www.concacaf.com/article/womens-olympic-qualifying-2008-recap 2008 4 4 y CRC TRI 2–2 Wilson 21 Granados 90+ Cordner 8 Attin-Johnson 35 Estadio Olímpico Benito Juárez, Ciudad Juárez 5,853 Carol Chennard (Canada) Report 2008 4 6 y CAN CRC 1–0 Tancredi 15 Estadio Olímpico Benito Juárez, Ciudad Juárez 22,080 Kari Seitz (United States) Report Knockout stage In the knockout stage, if a match is level at the end of regular time (two periods of 45 minutes), extra time is played (two periods of 15 minutes) and followed, if necessary, by a penalty shoot-out to determine the winner. In the case of the third place match, as it is played just before the final, extra time is skipped and a penalty shoot-out takes place. Bracket main Bracket N4 white-space:nowrap yes high yes Semi-finals Final Third place play-off 9 April – Ciudad Juárez CAN 1 MEX 0 9 April – Ciudad Juárez USA 3 CRC 0 12 April – Ciudad Juárez CAN 1 (5) USA 1 (6) 12 April – Ciudad Juárez MEX 1 CRC 0 Semi-finals Winners qualify for 2008 Summer Olympics. 2008 4 9 y CAN MEX 1–0 Tancredi 25 Estadio Olímpico Benito Juárez, Ciudad Juárez 19,850 Kari Seitz (United States) Report 2008 4 9 y USA CRC 3–0 Kai 57 89O'Reilly 72 Estadio Olímpico Benito Juárez, Ciudad Juárez 19,850 Dianne Ferreira-James (Guyana) Report Third place play-off 2008 4 12 y MEX CRC 1–0 Gordillo 69 Estadio Olímpico Benito Juárez, Ciudad Juárez 4,115 Carol Chennard (Canada) Report Final 2008 4 12 y CAN USA 1–1 yes Tancredi 116 Lloyd 108 Estadio Olímpico Benito Juárez, Ciudad Juárez 4,115 Erika Vargas (Mexico) Report 5–6 Sinclair Franko Tancredi Rustad Lang Wilkinson Timko Lloyd Hucles Chalupny Rampone Osborne Wambach O'Reilly Goalscorers 4 goals 22em USA Natasha Kai MEX Juana López CAN Melissa Tancredi 3 goals 22em USA Abby Wambach 2 goals 22em USA Carli Lloyd MEX Tania Morales USA Heather O'Reilly MEX Teresa Worbis 1 goal 22em CAN Jonelle Filigno CAN Randee Hermus CAN Kara Lang CAN Jodi Ann Robinson CAN Christine Sinclair CRC Cristín Granados CRC Amara Wilson JAM Omolyn Davis MEX María Gordillo MEX Mónica Ocampo TRI Kennya Cordner TRI Maylee Attin-Johnson USA Lauren Cheney USA Tobin Heath References https://web.archive.org/web/20160713230217/http://www.concacaf.com/article/womens-olympic-qualifying-2008-recap External links Olympic Qualifying – Women, CONCACAF.com , CONCACAF.com 2008 Olympic Qualifying Championship, Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament Concacaf Olympic Qualifying Championship, Women's 2008 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Championship Category:Football qualification for the 2008 Summer Olympics